He was raised in the north woods of Wisconsin. His film education began with his mother who introduced him to classical Hollywood films from masters like Hitchcock, Hawks, Ford and Ray to name a few. His studies continued at the University of Wisconsin -Madison under legendary film historian David Bordwell. But his education really broadened when he studied abroad at the Sorbonne in Paris, France. It was in the dusty Cinematheques of gay Paree that he decided to become a filmmaker.Hunter's first feature film writing and directing effort, The Hungry Bull(2011) is a whiskey soaked comedy about obsessive love.Hunter directed the short film Hollywood Beat(2011) about an out of touch vice cop struggling to deliver justice without going to jail himself. Hollywood Beat won the audience award at the 2011 Los Angeles Comedy Festival.Hunter has several feature scripts in development, including Dig Two Graves, a mind bending decade spanning Gothic thriller.He resides in Hollywood, California.